diff --git a/libvirt/config.py b/libvirt/config.py
index 4d41a7d..2f78a62 100755
--- a/libvirt/config.py
+++ b/libvirt/config.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def item_from_list(data, fields, num):
     except TypeError as e:
         print('Sanity: incorrect key type for list or dictionary read:'
               ' % s ' % e, file=sys.stderr)
-    return(item)
+    return item
 
 
 # Checks if the input is valid path
diff --git a/requirements/test-requirements.txt b/requirements/test-requirements.txt
index 3e0422d..58f0b84 100644
--- a/requirements/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-hacking>=1.1.0,<=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+hacking>=1.1.0  # Apache-2.0
 yamllint === 1.32.0
 bashate === 2.1.1
 pylint === 2.13.9
-tox === 4.6.3